Three referendums on marijuana sales are now in the hands of Pendleton voters.

Pendleton City Council entertained well over an hour of zealous testimony from community members before delivering a unanimous vote passing a series of ordinances and resolutions that officially places medical and recreational marijuana sales as well as a local 3 percent tax on the November ballot. These three issues will be presented as separate questions on the ballot, with the condition that all must pass or none will.

Audience members professed their support for the overturning of the local bans on cannabis businesses and explained their wishes for safe access to cannabis and the want to keep local money local instead of watching it travel to Walla Walla Washington. Walla Walla is home to the nearest retail cannabis locations to Pendleton.

Boulder, Colorado — The cannabis boom is boosting more than dispensary traffic, grower income and state tax receipts — it also is hatching new cannabis brands at an intense pace.

The twelve months ending May 2016, for example, have seen the emergence of 93 new companies developing products in the concentrates and edibles subcategories of the cannabis industry, according to a BDS Analytics review of the Colorado cannabis marketplace. These include companies launching new edibles products, like lozenges and beverages, and companies seeking commercial success in the busy concentrates subcategory, which includes products like pre-filled vaporizer cartridges and different styles of cannabis concentrates.